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Keep Boston's LGBTQ+ History Alive!
Open Call: Now Accepting Applications
Deadline: Friday, July 17, 2026
Submit your photos of Boston Pride 2026 to be archived for the queers of the future!
Add yours here.
This fall, we're launching The Living Archive Honors — an awards ceremony featuring five distinct honors, including two awards open to community nomination (The Lavender Community Honors) for the first time.
Community Nominations Open through Monday June 8th, 2026!
Click here to nominate someone for the Lavender Rhino + Lavender Laureate Awards.
Let's make sure the documenting, preserving, and sharing repeats too.
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Over the past few months, we’ve taken some time to revisit how we describe the work of Queer History Boston.
So we’ve refreshed our mission, vision, and values. Think of it less as a new direction and more as sharpening the language around what has always mattered to us.
Learn more here.
History isn’t just about the past - it’s how we build connection, identity, and care for the future. Help us keep our stories — and our connections — alive.
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This exhibit highlights stories from the last hundred years of Cambridge LGBTQ+ history featuring materials from the archives of Queer History Boston and beyond. It is not a definitive account — no single project could capture the full richness of queer lives here — but it is a dive into the archives, memories, and movements that have shaped this place.
Today, more than ever, we want to be visible, accessible, and open. Queer History Boston proclaims who we are proudly and inclusively. LGBTQ+ people have long since reclaimed the word queer — as a political rallying cry, an academic field, and a community identity. It’s fluid, expansive, and active in the language of our contemporary multigenerational community.